This Shop Will Sell You a Tube Frame, Long-Travel Chassis for the Ford F-150

If you want a 700 horsepower Ford Raptor R, you'll need to be willing to part ways with $109,245 for a new one. However, if you're already the owner of 2015-2020 Ford F-150 crew cab 4x4, you can get something very close to a Raptor R for $24,990, courtesy of Factory Five's new XT-1 Pre-Runner kit.

The Factory Five XT-1 kit essentially swaps out the Ford F-150's ladder frame chassis for a tube-frame chassis with long-travel suspension. According to Factory Five, the tube-frame chassis is 100 pounds heavier than the stock ladder frame but nearly twice as strong. It's also powder coated and weather-resistant, comes with its own serial number, and maintains the truck's original VIN.

However, it's much wider than the standard F-150 and requires new body work—such as fenders and a hood—all of which is included in the XT-1 kit. With the XT-1 kit installed, the fenders stretch 90 inches wide, three inches wider than those of a stock Ford Raptor R. In addition to the custom fiberglass bodywork, the XT-1 kit provides fog lights, a skid plate, a carbon fiber front fascia (headlight and grille surrounds), a new rear tailgate, and a steel offroad bumper.

As for that long-travel suspension, the XT-1 brings remote-reservoir, dual-adjustable Fox shocks with 16 inches of travel of front and 20 inches at the rear. The stock rear leaf spring suspension is also replaced with four-link suspension.